Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-01
FACT AND FANCY.


Washington Territory
The University OF Virginia has been loft
5000 by deceased Baltimore lady.
Sixty thousand heads OF cabbage are cut up
INTO sauereraut every year In Reading, Pa.
Buildings valued at 8 1900 were burned one
day recently at Durant Miss, by fro set by
incendlaries.
The natural gas now used In Youngstown,
o., IL conveyed distance OF forty miles
through atwelye-lnch main,
There is war between the cowmeu and
sheepnen IN eastern New NJ xleo, which has
led to murder, aud more violence Is expected,
CoNotes are so numerous aud troublesome
In Yolo county, California that a bounty Of
!. $40 scalp is offered by the county author.
tiles
Another good thing gone from Boston. The
Veddar draw ngs for the Runaiyat OF Omar
Khayyane have been purchased by Mrs Tracy
OF Buffalo
Pinkeye has developed among horses In a
number OF large stables at San Diego, Cal. As
yet II Is in mild form, aud but one fatal case
is reported,
Thlrty-one lumber cargoes arrived at San
Diego, Cal, last week, with l3,2)0 0)) feet
So far this year the total amount received Ia
1is,eoO, o0J foet.
Gadwumps, according TO TIE New York
Tribune, are theatre goers who leave their
seats between acts aud step on other peoples
toes while going out,
The Dominion OF Canada Is In debt TO the
extent OF S22s, 500, 900, fully SO per head OF
population. The dominion debt has increased
81, 467, 900 since June l..
The people at Victoria, d. c. are much In.
eensed at the conduct OF the Canadian Pacific
Tor faiiu"a To meet It's promise regarding tho
touching ut Esqulmu,t ny the Hong Kong
steamers
Montana territory claims to bc ready rrr
statehood, with plenty of property plenty of
population, l,40l000 cattle, 10000 horses,
1000, 900 sheep, aud gold aud silver at the rate
OF $26,0O0,000 a year.
Queen Margaret OF Italy has had capable
Jewish instructors, can read tho Old Tcsta.
ment In Hebrew with ease aud has collected
large Hebrew library with the latest works
on Jewish literature,
At the Benevolent home In Atlanta, Ga, a
patient who had a cancer IN his stomach was
kept alive for weeks by nitro-gyccrlne The
explosive was placed on his tongue and NIB
sorbed into his system without belug swal
lowed.
Capt A. X. Ham, who died at san Josc,
CAL, q few days ago, went to the Golden
state IN 1910, aud IN 1853 he opened up u lIv.
cry stable at Santa Clara, VIII ch he ran up to
the day OF his death. lie wos worth from ST..
500, 900 TO 81, 600 900.
Center Montville, In prohIbtory Maine was
the scene Of disgraceful orgy last week. A
bail wus held at the academy, aud the dancers
were pleutIfully supplied with liquor by peck.
ct pendlers. A bloody fight took place aud ut
mitnlght soverh men lay on the school-housc
floor dead drunk.
The governor OF chihuahua sends word TO
the cor'nlttee at Tucson, Ar IONA, on the
Miles sword celebration that, as he eau not
leave the limits Of the state without m net OF
congress, he win send n personal representa-
tive TO congratulate Gen. Miles on behalf Of
the people of Chihuahua.
Here are some odd names: Sapphire Gunny.
bag and Macy Mare, Mercy Massey, Of Bos-
ton; John acknowledgements d Philadel-
phla shoem .lter; Applepc johnson, OF Pitts
burgh; l. brty 1'aid, Pm ltilelpha artist;
Echo Halfnose OF Chicago; Jesus IL. Christ, a
Philadelphia siatIoner.
The strange spectacle OF children carrying
bottles of boiled drinking water TO school with
them Is an every day sight IN Cincinnati, o.
Typhoid fever prevails, ana has been epidemic
for about twelve days, confning Itself not
alone TO the tenement district, but 10 the
Weather quarters Us well
A little girl while playing one day recently
on porch at WtllIngford, Conn, was startled
by large bird flying over her head. The bird
flew u short distance away and returned again
and was caught and held by the child until
her parents, who heard the noise, came out
and secured II. II proved TO be q full grown
partridge, apparently unhurt
Artificial oyster culture is being largely
practiced In many parts OF China. Bamboo
poles ere plastered with old shells and plant
cd on mud fats between low aud hgh.water
mark until the oyster splt develops into tiny
oysters when they are transported. When
taken up six months after the banboos are
found to be covered with wcllgrown bivalycs.
A novel plan to promote marriage among tho
settlers IN the Northwest territory has just
been adopted by the Canadian Pacific rail-
road When a settler wants to 70 to Ontario
for his girl he buys n matrimonial ticket at the
usual rates; but on presenting the ticket
few weeks later at an Ontario station, togcth.
er with a marriage certificate, he will be en-
titled to free transportation for his bride.
A terrible story OF want comes from Vienna,
where official inquiry has found four thous-
and school children actually suffering tho
pangs OF starvation. In some eases their
parents seem to he able to give them plenty Of
gin and other liquor, but no solid food In
others, they live ON dry bread, With an oe-
casonal spooful of coffee or weak soup II
this is the case with children attending school.
how must 1t be with those too sick or too
weak 10 go TO SCHOOL, The lists Of Infant
mortality in what is generally regarded as
the gayest capital In Europe after Paris,
must be frIghtful. Happily the discovery OF
this condition OF affairs led to It's immediate
alienation.
Steps are being taken by the authorities at
El Paso, Tex, to run out the tribe OF Chinese
doctors that has been infestlng that city for
the past half year. The plgtailcd diciples OF
HIsculapIus practiced not only among their
own countrymen but also among the white
people. Thelrfiiode Of treatment, dlagh osts, aud
pharmacepia are the most ridiculous imagin- |
able, aud still they find plenty OF customers.
District Judge FalveY has appointed board
OF medical examiners for the Thrly-fourth |
judicial district as provided for By the |
statutes Of the state. The board will consist
OF three physicians. aud when 1t is once or.
ganizcd no person win be allowed to practice
medicine In the judicial district without
certificate from the boarl The commission
ers hold office for two years. This action OF
the court will doubtless put an end to good
deal OF heather Chlhese doctoring In Ell Paso.
A question of interest In the Alaska contro-
yersy relates TO the probable number Of seals
in and around Behrlng Sea. A computation
last spring By Agent Noycs gave 9, so, $40 as
the total plumber Of breeding seats on the two
islands OF st. Paul and st. George, the seats
O! the Alaska Commercial Company's
monopoly. Agent Tingie's report estimates
the number at fewer than 100000. The
Commercial Company employs, according TO
the Toronto Mall, fleet Of four steamers aud
fifteen sailing vessels in his operations, aud
has stations In tho Aleutan Isles as well rs on
the mainland. IL Is charged BY some of the